Buddham Dhammam

Dutiyamigajālasutta

SN 35.64

With Migajāla (2nd)

Venerable Migajāla asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha teaches him that the senses are delightful, but if you hold to them you will suffer. Meditating on this while on retreat, Migajāla became awakened.

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Paṭhamasamiddhimārapañhāsutta

SN 35.65

Samiddhi’s Question About Māra

Venerable Samiddhi asks the Buddha what Māra is. The Buddha says that Māra is present so long as the senses exist.

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Samiddhisattapañhāsutta

SN 35.66

Samiddhi’s Question About a Sentient Being

Venerable Samiddhi asks the Buddha what a “sentient being” is. The Buddha says that a sentient being is present so long as the senses exist.

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Samiddhidukkhapañhāsutta

SN 35.67

Samiddhi’s Question About Suffering

Venerable Samiddhi asks the Buddha what suffering is. The Buddha says that suffering is present so long as the senses exist.

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Samiddhilokapañhāsutta

SN 35.68

Samiddhi’s Question About the World

Venerable Samiddhi asks the Buddha what the world is. The Buddha says that the world is present so long as the senses exist.

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Upasenaāsīvisasutta

SN 35.69

Upasena and the Viper

A viper bit Venerable Upasena, but he remained poised, declaring that he had no identification with the six senses.

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Upavāṇasandiṭṭhikasutta

SN 35.70

Upavāna on What is Apparent in the Present Life

The teaching that can be realized in this very life is the desire for the senses, and letting go of that desire.

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Paṭhamachaphassāyatanasutta

SN 35.71

Six Fields of Contact (1st)

One who does not understand the six senses’ origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape is no true mendicant. A mendicant speaks up, saying that he does not truly understand these things, so the Buddha teaches him further.

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Dutiyachaphassāyatanasutta

SN 35.72

Six Fields of Contact (2nd)

One who does not understand the six senses’ origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape is no true mendicant. A mendicant speaks up, saying that he does not truly understand these things, so the Buddha teaches him further.

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Tatiyachaphassāyatanasutta

SN 35.73

Six Fields of Contact (3rd)

One who does not understand the six senses’ origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape is no true mendicant. A mendicant speaks up, saying that he does not truly understand these things, so the Buddha teaches him further.

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